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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUXE If), 3 871,
OMAHA, FIJI DAY MOltXIaNG. MAY 18, IDOO-TWELYE PAGES.
SLNGLH OOl?Y EI YE OEXTS.
POWELL FIGHTS HARD
Oloilng Daji ef tho Drama at Marking Ara
More Blocdj.
KRUGER'S GRANDSON AMONG PRISONERS
Esport that Ninety Boers Were Oaptnrsd
and Manj Were Killed.
STRATEGY TURNS DEFEAT INTO VICTORY
Half Famiihed Garrison 8urrounda Invading
Foroea and Imprison! Tbcm.
LONDON LIES AWAKE FOR NEWS OF REIT F
All Iljea 'I'u r ii oil TiMvnril the llmulet
of (lie IMnlna for TiilluKt of.
Succor (lull Do .Not
Co mo.
LONDON", May t8. .1:30 a. m. England
(till waits with Intense and almost breath
less Interest for news of the relief of
Mafeking. A crowd remarkable for tho
number of men In evening drcs and In
cluding many women wrro around tho War
office, even after midnight, hoping for sonio
announcement. Only reluctantly did the peo
pin disperse when the lobbies of the War
office were finally cleared with the word that
nothing had been received. One thing seems
cleiir. the town still holds out.
Were It not ho the Iloer wires laid to the
camps of the beleaguered garrison would
liavo passed the news.
Reports from Lourcnzo Marquez, based on
reports that leaked out from the Pretoria
iwar office, show that tho Moor stormcrs Sat
urday fell Into a trap. Colonel lladen-
I'owell permitted them to seize ono fort nnd
lio then surrounded nnd overwhelmed them I
ibeforo the largo force near at hand per-
eelved the strntngom. H wns thus that Sard
JilolT, President Krugcr's grandson, and part I
of hln command wore taken and many killed. '
Tho Canadian force with the Rhodesia
Jorco Is now reported to have reached Ilulu-
wajrii, .nay i ne distance, irotn liuiuwnyo
to Mafeking Ik tflO miles. As the railway Is I
open mi mo way 10 i-usani, iwenty-eignv
miles from Mafeking, the Canadians may yet i
tako part In tho relief
lAnnnniieeuient (lint AVn I'reniitttire.
In tho committee room of the Houso of
Commons this morning Sir James Kltson,
member for Yorkshire, West Riding, Colno
Voiicy division, announced that Mafeking
bad been rcllovod.
Tho War oftlco, however, Is unable to con
Drm tho announcement.
Replying to a question In the House of
Commons, at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon,
tho parliamentary secretary of the War
ofllce, Mr. Wyndham, said ho regretted that
ho was not able to give any Information
In regard to Mafeking which would relieve
tho anxiety of the nation about that be
Icaciiorcjl. place.
Miy'f'mliidid th house that even If thn
orsiren reuei oi iniiiuKing uan uccurruu
Intelligence of the event' could not arrlvo
In England before, .two and possibly live
days.
Tho latter part of Mr. Wyndham's reply
is generally accepted as an Intimation that
tho government la expecting the relief of
Colonel Uadcn-l'owell nnd his garrison
would occur nt about the'prrr.ent time.
Hunter TuUex tiirUtliiiilu.
3:33 p. m. The War office haB received
the following dlsratch from Lord Roborts:
"KROONSTAD, May 17. Hunter has oc
cupied Christianlu without opposition, the
cnoniy having retired to Klerksdorp, under
the impression that the latter was threat
ened by a portion of the force from Parys.
"Rundle's force was closo to Clocolan
yesterday evening. The country wns clear
of Iho enemy.
"Tho nsldent eommlsslsnner In Hnsuto
land reports that n number of Iloors living
In tho Klckshurg and Hethlehem districts
have applied to him for advlco anil as to the
rondltlnus Atf surrender. This Is very
satisfactory."
Tho War office has received the following
dispatch from Oeneral Duller:
"DANNHAUSER, May 17. The Second
division has reached Dannhnuser and I bopo
that my ndvanco patrols are at Newcastle.
"The Fifth division Is echeloned from
Klnndslnagte to Glencne, repairing the rall
way. Tho Fourth division Is at Sunday's
liver drift, on tho old Newcastlo road.
"Sovcrnl Natal farmers are handing over
their arms.
"All reports agreo that about 7,000 of
tho enemy paused north very hurriedly May
14 and May IB."
Oonernl French, ncnutlng northward, found
the Doers In strong force at Rhemster
spruit, thirty mllrfl from Kroonstad. Oen
erals llothn, Delarey and Olivier, with ar
tillery, were holding the position.
ItiiiiinrH of Mi') ii'n Movement.
President Steyn, according to ono dis
patch, has gouo to Pretoria. Another nays
lio Is a fugitive nt Undley. Tho Free Slaters
nre surrendering on all sides. A dispatch
from Capetown says that proclamations are
being printed there to bu published on tho
queen'n birthday, May 24, annexing tho Free
Stnte.
Ono of President Stoyn's brothers, who Is a
prisoner of (icneral Ilrabrant, nays that the
Free Staters will accept annexation. Those
who took up nrtnB tbo second tlmo, ho ex
plains, had 'to do so under threats of Instant
death If they refused.
Five hundred rlflen have been surrendered
nt Kroonstad in excess of the niimlwr of
llocrs who havo taken tho oath of allegiance.
Lord Roberts has directed the Dritlsh com
manders to receive all comern in u gosd
i-plrlt and to Ichuo to thorn passes to go to
their farms.
(icncrul Duller Is pressing Htrulght ahead
without opposition. He has only lost five
vounded during tho movement. Apparently
lie In aiming at l-alng's nek, which Is thn
direct road to tho Transvaal, although he
may diverge to Hnthn's pass.
Oeneral Hunter's movements In tbo West
rrn Transvaal are rather puzzling. He has
returned to Fourteen Streams with one
brigade leaving another. Oenernl Dartnn's
at Chrlatlanln. Iird Methuen Is eald to be
advancing nlong the south bank of iho Vail
Colonel Kckewich is with him. The bridge
across the Vaal Is fast nearlng completion.
Tho probability Is that Oeneral Hunter
look back a brigade to Fourteen Streams
owing to the scarcity of transport.
Oeneral Rundlo has captured 10,000 bags
of corn. He Is marching slowly through a
district which Is described as "literally
teeming with cattle, sheep and horses.
Dnvltt tilvhiK Advlee.
.Michael Pavltt, according to a dispatch
from Lourenzo Marquez, Is said to have ad
vised tho Doers, while he was In Pretoria,
that If they could hold out until tbo presi
dential election In the United States the
might "feel pretty sure of Intervention."
At Johannesburg the women nre forming
UVntlnued on Fifth. Pags.)
MERELY A POLITICAL MOVE
Irlah (1111111011 of the I, it If Speeohca nf
Sullaliur, llnlfuur anil liiumher
liiln on Homo Utile.
fcvrlght. )!, by Press Publishing Co i
OfcttL M'1' 17. fNew York World
TOfcjTJtecelat Telegram.) Irish par
lnniF!fcd'f3JJjohn Hedmond, Dillon
and otlioSkrrent anil-home
rule Fpeechealky, nalfour ami
Chamberlain as slmprjFelectlon move to
weaken If possible the petition of the Irish
party, which In tho next Parliament will
eommand a solid phalanx of eighty to
eighty-five votes. That party will be un
committed to the liberals or torles.but In the
natural courso of events lUt strength must
mainly be thrown for the llbcralB and may
bo a deoldlnc factor. There Is nlwavs a
secret movement In Ireland, but It Is Tcr
talnly not sufficiently potent or active at
present to give tho least ground for alarm.
Salisbury nnd his colleagues were Retting
anxious about the possible electoral effect
of Iho wave of pro-Irish sentiment caused
by the gallantry of the Irish troops and
the success of the qlieon'B visit, nnd wished
to check the spread of tho Idea fostered by
the Dally Mali and other unionist papers
that the golden moment had como at which
some large concession could safely be made
In response to Irish national dcmanilH.
These nntl-Irlsh utterances are regarded
by Irish leaders as calculated to act as a
healthy tonic lo Irish nationalists nnd pre
vent them expecting nnythlng from tho
nrltlsh Parliament except what can be
extorted by tbo exigencies of English par-tics.
RUSSIA CARRIES ITS POINT
Secure the dueled Strip of I. mill
HorilerlnK Mnwnntpo llnr
lior. YOKOHAMA. May C (Via Victoria, II.
0., May 17.) Affairs In China are In a stnte
of extraordinary quiescence, while forebod
ings of a coming storm are In tho nlr.
Russia, has cainod Its nolnts In Corel In the
flhapo of a large tract of land bordering on
the magnificent harbor of Mnsampo.
Much chagrin Is felt by the Jnpnuese and (
It is everywhere surmised that tho day of
reckoning cannot be long delnycd.
Tho United States transport Thomas
arrived unexpectedly from Manila on Sutur- j
day lasU Returning olllcers and men of
tho army disagree with tho optimistic views I
or me l-niitppino situation inioiy nein oy tun 1
press and tho public. Everything seems 't j
point to a long nni devastating guerrilla war
fare, and altogether the outlook Is not re
assuring. Much will depend upon the now
commission,
SURVEYING THE CANAL ROUTE
AVork He I n K Done In n Movt Thorough
nnd Syntemiitlo Milli
ner. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 20. (Corre
spondence of tho Associated Press.) The
engineers of the Isthmian Canal commission
In Nicaragua, who uro making a final sur
vey of the proposed NIcaraguan canal route,
have, with their assistants, formed Into
vo parties of nbout forty men each, and .
e taking soundings nt tho Pacific .terminal
tw
at nrlto nild ft FJoih. on the wvst Mt
' I
The members of the hydrographlc party
arc still noting tho flow of tho rivers, the
rise and flow of tho rlvera and lakes, tho
evaporation and the rainfall. The entire
survey, which Is being conducted In a most I
thorough manner, will soon be completed. 1
The minister of foreign relations has
prcsentod to Mr. William L. Merry, tho
United States minister to Nicaragua, a
handsome walking stlrk, having n head
and bands of NIcaraguan gold, vnlucd at
$200. It Is understood that tho presenta- i
tlon was of an olllclal character.
OHM'JAXS UMTS OXI.Y TWO CI,lins, 1
I
HefiiNes to HitiIkii from the llnehelnr J
When iteiineMteil. .
PARIS, May IS. The duke of Orleans. In '
consequence of the attitude of the committee
of three London clulu toward him becnuso
of his letter to M. Will Lctte, complimenting
htm upon his Insulting caricatures of Queen
Victoria, has resigned his membership in I AVnter llrnnnht front the m er Jordan
the St. James anil tho Marlborough clubs. is I cil In London
As to tho Ilachelors' club, which demanded , C'erenmny.
Ills resignation, the duke writes to the pres- .
Idem from Vonlce, under date of May in, re- ' LONDON, May 17. The pon of the duke
fusing to comply with the demand nnd , and duchess of York was christened In
characterizing the unmmons as "unbecom- the private chapel of Windsor castlo today
Ing." After expressing his deep respect for In tho presenco of Queen Vbioria, the prince
Queen Victoria nnd tho other members of and princess of Wales, the duke and duchess
the Dritlsh roynl family tho duko says: of Connauht. the duko and duchess of
"You havo forgotten that you addressed Fife, tho duko of Cambridge and other mem
tho heir of tho king who made Franco, In , bers of the royal family. Prince Albert of
demanding as tbo price of the hospitality of Prussia, regent of tho duchy of Drunswlck,
Knglnnd, tho abdication of his French opln- represented Emperor William of Germany,
Ions. My Intention was to resign. I deslro ' who was one of tho Infant's godfathers,
you to deliberate on tho erasure of my name, i Wator brought from tho river Joidan nnd
It Is Important to know if your hospitality contained In a gold font was used lu the
signifies bondage nnd If you Intend to nban- ceremony.
don tho ancient traditions of Individual lib- i Tho Infant was handed to the bishop cf
erty which made the strength and grandeur ' Winchester by tho queen, who gave tho
of your country. I nwnlt your decision
whatever It may be. Mine Is taken."
llelKluni nnd lieriiiiiny to Arhltrnle.
RERUN, May 17. The Livkalanzolgcr
says the question of tho disputed territory ln
tho Lako Klbo district of tho Congo Free
State, which Is said to have precipitated
hostilities between tho Delgians and Ger
mans there, will probably bo subuilttcd to
arbitration.
ENVOYS REPUDIATE STORY
Never Mnde Itemnrkit V 1 1 r I hll led to
Them nnd Deny the Senti
ment. NEW YORK. May 17 Abraham Fischer,
one of the lloer envoyn, was hhown today the
published statement ln which tho envoys
wero reportod a having inude Indiscreet ad
missions on the steamship to an employe of
a London newspaper. .Mr. FUchor said tho
story was falso In every material particular.
"I met an Irish-American on the steamer,"
said Mr. Fischer, "and his namo was O'Con
nor. He Introduced himself to me and ex
preyed great sympathy for our people.
Whatever I said to him I havo no hesitation
in repeating lo the American people. I do
not think the fellow ever talked with Mr.
Wessela or Mr. Wolmaran-i. As for him
talking to us together, It Is utterly false. I
never expnt-ned the sentiment attributed to
me, nor did my colleagues, nor do wo hold
them."
Regarding the nppcal from the Americans
In Capetown, asking the people hole to lg.
noro tho envoys, Mr Fischer said: ''I have
read their appeal and It Is obviously n flimsy
one. Not a namo H given, not even the
name of the chairman of their alleged mafs
meeting. There are fow Americans In Cape
town In the first place and they arc largely
ii sympathy with us."
Volunteer lireniiiii la Killed,
NBAVnURGH, N. V., May 17. Flro todty
destroyed the six-story building on Water
itroet owned by Peck & Valfse. furniture
dealers, and adjoining buildings. Willis
Meglnn, a momber of the volunteer tire de
partment, was killed by a. falling wall.
Financial lost. (75,000.
MANIAC KILLS SEVEN AT SEA
Gorj Proceidinci on Board a Ship Plying
Between Swedish Forts.
CAPTAIN AND SIX OTHERS ARE VICTIMS
One Killed llrenuae He Moved "When
Told .Not to Stir AsNnaalii Ka
ciijich In limit, but Is
Ciiitured.
COPENHAGEN, May 17. A telegram
from Hoping. Sweden, reports that as tho
stea'mer Koplng last night was passing tho
Prlns Karl a man sprang upon the deck
of the latter vessel and shouted: "If any
ono comes near I will shoot." At the same
moment a woman was seen hanging over
tho ship's side, shrieking for help.
The man ecuped In a boat. When tho
Prlns Karl was boarded It was found that
twelve men on board had been shot, seven
of whom, Including tho captain, wcro dead.
Tho rest were found Iccked In their quarters.
Ono of tho wounded has slnco died.
Details rcccivul hero today from Koplng,
Sweden, of tho terrible tragedy on board
tho steamer Prlns Karl, plying between
Koplng nnd Stockholm, show that shortly
after passing Qulcknund at midnight a man
suddenly started shutting all the doors of
tho cabins nnd saloons and then, with a ro
volver In each hand and with a dagger and
a knlfo In bis belt, he began firing at every
ono be encountered. He stnbbed tho cap
tain In tho back and a woman pasnongor In
the breast with tho dagger nnd hacked n
boy with tho knife. He also shot the mate
through tho shoulder, nnd of four men who
were playing cards In the smoking saloon,
olio was shot In tho temple because ho
moved when tho murdcTcr warned him not
to stir.
The Prlns Karl was stopped off Koplng
and tho murderer seized the opportunity
to Jump Into n lifeboat and row away as fast
as possible. Search of tho steamer discovered
'Ii'ml nni1 "vo wounded. The Prlns
n proceeded to niocKnoim. wncre me po
Hco olllclals took charge of tho vletlmB.
A tradesman of Arboga, Sweden, reports
that a man giving tho name of Orcnklrsk
of Stockholm came to him yesterday and
secured two revolvers, which ho fired sov-
oral times to test their quality.
Aaanaalii Arreated.
STOCKHOLM, May 17. Tho police have
truckotl to Eskllstu'na. fifty-seven miles
west of this city, and arrested thero tho
supposed author of tho Prlns Karl tragedy.
He tried to flro a revolver at tho officers.
When arrested ho gave his nnmo as Phillip
Nordlund. On being questioned about tho
murdem, tho prisoner replied that It was a
matter for tho police themselves to un
ravel. On being further questioned, Nord
lund confessed his crime and said he had
stolen S00 kroner from the captain.
Tho wounded say they wero playing cards
In tho smoking room nbout half past 11
o'clock with other passengers when some
body put his head In the room and exclaimed:
"Look out. Thcro'g a maseacro on board."
At tho same moment shots wore heard.
All sprang to their feet In order to leave
tno Wn ,hVj thov fmind the door fastened
?n h" outalde. W Me they were tryln to
fJc" tho ,,nr jft Bhut waH ,,r'"1 through the
window rfiul hit cma of tnttm. a man named
n"on who fell to the floor. The other
1lhrw' Schneider. Kondltor and Undqulst.
,jr3t thp loor n aml I-nclqu1st. who was
th fit to step through, received a bullet
ln hla hc,ul- "Isregardlng tho wound he
n after tho assassin to the steering room.
Tho fugitive shouted down the speaking
tube:
"Full speed ahead."
Tho engines wero already nt full speed,
and tho engineer replied:
"la thnt the captain?" receiving tbo nn-
wcr, "Certainly, drive her to the devil."
Tho engineers put tho engines nt full
speed astern. Tho assassin then ran down to
tho engine room nnd threatened to shoot the
engineer If ho did not obey, Tho engineer
barracaded himself In tho room.
At that moment tho Koplng came along
the murderer fled In a boat.
CHRISTENING A ROYAL BABY
I child's name a3 Henry William Frederick
Albert.
ANOTHER UPRISING IN CHINA
Seventy-Three Xntlve rhrlatlnnn Are
Killed. Some llelnK Tlnrned Alive
Cnthollea I'eraeuiited,
LONDON, May IS. Thn Pekln corre
spondent of the Tlracis says:
"The antl-forelgn movement headed by
tho 'boxers' has attained alarming propor
tions. There has been a serious nntl-Chr's-
tlan outbreak near Pao-Tlng-Fu, province of
Po-Chl-LI. Soventy-thrco native Chrlsthns
were murdered. Including women and chil
dren. Many wero burned to death.
"Tho Catholic missionaries report that the
persecution Is the most serious known for
years. Tho danger la Increased by tha
apathy or connlvanco of the government."
COLOMBIA REBELS DEFEATED
lu n llnttle l.nxtlni; Seventy llnnr
Tun t.eiiernln Are Killed
firent SlniiKliter.
COLON, Colombia, May 17. (Via Calves
ion.) News has been received here of a vic
tory by the government troops over the In
surgents In a battle In the Veins district,
which began May 11 and lasted soventy
hours.
Generals Leal and Herrera wore among
tho killed, who aro said to hnvo been very
numerous, the slaughter being described as
"horrible butchery." Twelve hundred In
surgents wore tnken prisoners nnd the gov
ernment troops captured a larg quantity of
guns and rlllcs.
Ilnrd to Trnnapnrt Ammunition.
ACCRA, Gold Coast. May 17. Tho dim
culty In forwarding ammunition adds to
tho gravity of tho situation at Kumatsl.
Native carriers refuso to go thoro at any
price.
Tolatnl Drnmii la llnrred,
RERUN, May 17. Tolstoi's drama, "The
Power of Darkness," has been forbidden per
formance simultaneously by the tcubor lu
Lclpfclc, Stuttgart and CarUrubo.
CHARGE AGAINST THOMPSON
Arreted for llnlerlnit Into t'ontlriify
llh It It'll In AltemiilhiK lo
Shield -eelj.
HAVANA. May 17.-the principal charge
agnlndt the Havana postmaster, n. p.
Thompson, who, with W. H. Reeves, deputy
auditor of the Island, and Edward Moya and
Jorgo Masearo. Cuban clerks ln the stamp
department, was arrtsted yrstorday, will bo
that bo entered Into n conspiracy with Cory
don Rich, tho clerk who has confessed to a
knowledge of many of the transactions, and
will give evidence for tho government to
shield C. F. W. Necly. the urrested financial
agent of posts Tho prosecution says Thomp
son received vouchem anil ordered that the
changes be made In tho books and accounts
with the manifest Intention of shielding
Necly.
Moya and Masearo admit selling over
$1,800 worth of an old Itsuo of stamp",
through the windows, which wero not called
for In the requisition.
Thompson says that though hp ordered the
alteration of certain flguns at tho request of
Rich, still he did without knowing that
thoy wore of a criminal nature. He thinks
ho might have been treated with more con
sideration, either dismissed or requested to
resign.
Thompson's ball was ultimately reduced
from $10,000 to J1.00O, which wns depnslted
lu cash by the Danish consul, Herr Culmct,
a wealthy merchant.
Tho ball of Mnyo and Masearo has been
reduced to $1,500. which has not ct been
furnished.
Reeves will bo allowed lo remain ln his
own homo In charge of special agents. Dur
ing the Investigations now In progress ho
will bo called upon dally to give evidence
and It 1s also rfll that the ball required of
him will necesxurlly be heavy and probably
not be obtained.
NKW YORK. May 17.-Tho examination
of the charges ngalnst Chaiiet F, W. Necly,
accused of embezzling 13fi.O00 of the Cuban
postal funds, which was set down for to lay,
has been postponed for ono week by United
States Commissioner Shields. The post
ponement was agreed upon by United Staloa
District Attorney Durnett and Mr. Lindsay,
counsel for Neely.
MUNC1H, Ind., Mny 17. One of the gov
ernment detectives who has been hore work
ing the Muncle end of the. Cuban pnstoitlce
case made tho statement that the real steal
has been tho sale of counterfeit stamps,
which It Is alleged havo been printed In tho
ofllce of n printing company In this city.
Thousands of dollars worth of bogus it tamps
aro said to have been Issued and distributed
to Cuban postmasters, a number of whom, It
Is said, shared In the profits with tho chief
culprits. Tho prlntlns office Is said to have
been searched from garret to cellar for tho
material used.
Heretofore tho search ,was supposed to ho
for n package of money: It is asserted that
almost 12,000,000 worthfof bogus stamps havo
been printed ln Muncle Wd'scut for distribu
tion to Cuban postoffliuw.
When Ross Cowan,j('prcBldcnt of tho Neely
Printing company, wftitold the story this
afternoon he did notlbeem especially con
cernud. but said: "Youinay say that If thero
is any story afloat thoJthe Neely Printing
company over turned fut CubaD stamps,
wither for the postal orTany. other service. It
Is false. We have neither printed stamps
losltlmately- ncTnnietlnktelyIrthti'gavcrn
ment coirtrtsi;wer:,woitlj not
denied.1 TlLtH'Atlayfnit frWf.ifrm ..I
printed" blank's , ' $m7 -) '
.KKD A LAW TO PIT Til K CASK.
CoimrcM to lie Anlcrd to Knnet n ew
Statute.
W'ASI 1 1 NQTON, May 17. The Post to
morrow will say:
Congress must come to tho aid of the
administration in bringing C. F. W. Neely,
the Cuban defaulter, to Justice. A now law
must be enactid and enacted nt ouce,
which will tighten1 tho government's hold
upon him. Every lonpholo of escape must
ho closed. Attorney Gcnerul Griggs has al
ready mado his appeal to congress. Yes
terday afternoon he forwarded to Senator
Hoar, chairman of the senate committee on
I tho Judiciary, and to Congressman Ray,
chairman of the similar committee of tho
house, a copy of a bill drawn especially to
met it the present sltuatlom Ho accom
panied tho bill with a strong letter, point
ing out the necessity for Its prompt pas
sago. Tho bill is In two sections. Tho first
provides tliat the statutes of tho United
Stnteti and countries with which tho United
States has treaties of extradition shall ap
ply to the extradition of fugitives from
Justice from Cuba while the government of
that 1 8 land Is exorcised under tho authority
of the United States. This section Is dl
lectcd to tho Neely case. Tho second sec
tion Is to guard against future troubho
In tho possessions over which tho United
Stntes has unquestioned control. It pro
vides that the domestic extradition now In
force between the various states shall bo
oxtended to the Philippines, Guam, Hawaii
i and Porto Rico.
Itennliitlon on N'eely ('line.
WASHINGTON, May 17. Representatlvo
Jones of Virginia today Introduced a reso
lution directing the secretary of war to
furnish Information In connection with tho
Neely disclosures In Cuba. It follows tha
Dacon resolution In the senato and adds the
further Inquiries, viz.: "What amounts havo
been paid In the way of allowances and
salaries to the commanding general, the
heads of the various departments of the
United States military governor In Cuba, In
cluding all persons employed as clerks and
otherwiso under said government?
"What amounts have bean paid In Cuba
to officers of the late Cuban army and what
amounts, If any. are being paid at the pres
ent time to nald olllcers?
"In each of tho expenditures concerning
whltii Inquiry Is made, out of what fund
was bald amount paid?"
RUNS AWAY FROM ROBBERS
lliiKlneer I'lil'a Throttle AVI lie Open
mid l'.eiiieN fro in Ilelnn
Held 1 p.
ST. LOUIS. May IT. A special to the Pnst
DUpatch from Longvlew, Tox., says: About
midnight, while the through eaatbound pas
senger on tho Texns & Pacific railway was
taking wutor at Glndo cfeek, near here, an
attempt was made to rob the train by two
men. Fireman Dobbs was covered by a pis
tol In the hands of a man who ordered him
to get off tho engine Engineer Jaqulsh,
taking In tho situation, opened wide the
tbrottlo and dropped to the floor. Neither
of the robbers wai able to catch up with the
train, but the fireman caught the lust car
and all reached hero safely.
Mnvemeilta of fleenn Veaaela, Vlny 17.
At New York-Snlled-I.;i 'Jascogne, for
H.ivm. Columbia, for Hamburg, via Ply
mouth and Cherbourg.
At Cherbourg Arrived - Datnvla, from
New York, for Hamburg; Kaiser Frledrlch,
from New York, via Plymouth, for Ham
burg. At Queenstowii Arrived Delgenlnnd,
from Philadelphia for Liverpool. Sailed
liermanlc, from l.lverivonl. for New York.
At Hamburg-Sailed Delgravia, for New
York. At N.iplos Arrived Aller. front New
York, for Genoa.
At Rottcrdtitn-.Hnllcd Potsdam, for New
York. At Plymouth -Arrived- Kaiser Frlcdrlcli,
from Naw York, for 11 am bur-.
EDITOR OF THE BEE IS CITED
Judges SullWan and Holcomb Aik that Ho
Explain Iti Editorials.
CHARGE OF CONTEMPT OF COURT BROUGHT
.Mntler I'uhllnlird Dnrlim April nnd
.Mil)' Millie the linftln of Aceilxiitlon
AKiiinxt V.. ItoniMtnter nnd
The lire I'oiniiniiy.
LINCOLN. May 17. (Special.) Defore tho
supremo court was adjourned cstoTday an
order was Uwued citing E. Rosewnter, editor
of The Deo and Tho Hco Publishing com
pany for contempt. The Information was
drawn up by Attorney General Smyth nt the
Instance! of Judgei Holcomb nnd Sullivan, so
he says, requiring the defendants to answer
for publishing certain articles said to reflect
upon tho two f union Judges In connection
with tho Fire nnd Pollen Commission case.
The order wns signed before adjournment by
I Judgo Norval by courtesy for his associates.
but was suppressed until today. The sum
mons has been sent to the sheriff of Douglas
.county for service.
I The Information, which Is a lengthy docu
ment covering fourteen pages of t)pewrllten
i manuscript, sctn out at length the objec
tionable articles together with extended In
ferences said to bo conveyed by them,
j Thn first article complained nf ws pub
, llshed In The Deo on tho 10th of April last
hinder the heading. "Worthy of Serious Con
sideration" nnd netting forth the arguments
j that had been urged in the brief of the city
attorney why Judgo Holcomb should feel
himself disqualified from sitting on tho Fire
and Pollen Commission case.
! The serond count refers to an nrtlrle en
I titled "The Ethics of Justice," printed in
The Uco May S.
'' Tho third count cites an editorial para
giaph printed In Tho Dee April 28.
j The fourth count reproduces an article
reprinted from the Grand island Journal In
The Dee of May 11.
All of tlnso articles are alleged to have
bivn published "willfully for thu purpose of
attempting to obstruct the proceedings nnd
hinder the due administration of Juntlce In
tho pollco commission case nnd tending to
Impugn tho honor, purity nnd Integrity of
said court nnd especially of the said Silas A.
Holcomb and John J. Sullivan, two of the
Judges of said court."
Tho citation requires tho defendants to
appear before tho court at 9 o'clock, June
5, to show causo why they should not bo
punished Xor contempt.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR HAVANA
Colonel lllnek, Chief of Snnltnry I)e
Viirtnienl, Mnl.cn Seveml Vnlu
nlile Solent Ioiin.
HAVANA, May 17. Colonel Dlack, chief
i in me sanunry department, recently calleq
' a meeting of representative men to consider
tho advisability of altering tbo present
boundary limit of tho city of Havana, within
which wooden houses are not to bo built.
The president of tho society of real estate
owners, several councllmcn, Insurance com
pany representatives, ind others equally
concerned In the maWer, wero , present.
Colonel Ulack pointed out that by altering'
the present Ilinj or deranrkatlon much
nvailablo land could be utilized for building
cheap, serviceable workmen's houses with
out In any way Jeopardizing tho rest of
the city. Ho also recommended that the
three military zones, extending for a radius
of 400 meters around Forts Atares, Santa
Clara and Principe, should be done away
with According to the Island law only
wooden structures aro nllowod to bo built
within tho mentioned zones, on tho ground
I that ln tlmo of war such buildings could bo
easily destroyed, so as not to Interfere
with tho line of fire. Theso forts aro now
antiquated.
It is said Incidentally that the meet
ing had under consideration tho cleaning
and dredging of tho harbor and the dredg
ing of tho unhealthy, shallow bny In tho
harbor, reclaiming it nlso and making n
union station In Havana, whence trains will
run to alt points where the railroads now
run, and also that a plan has now been
mado for the construction of a complete
system of street cars to nil parts of tho
city.
Tho points brought out by Colonel Dlark
will be thought over by the rouiuilnion
and those Interested, when the matter will
bo brought up In the municipality.
KENTUCKY DELEGATES NAMED
Itepnhllf nil ('onvenltim lnf rueta Del
eKiitlnn '" MeKlnley nnd
llrndle.v.
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. May 17. The repub
lican stato convention met here this nfterJ
noon anil nfter a session of nine hours, with
two hours Intermission, elected four dele
gates to the national convention, four al
ternates nnd two presidential electors; In
dorsed the administration of President Me
Klnley; condemned the state of affairs In
Kentucky, alleged to bo chargeable to the
dMnocratlo party, and instructed Its dele
gates to vote for McKlnley for president
nnd W. O. Dradlcy of Kentucky for vice pres
ident. Tho convention elected Governor W. S.
Taylor and former Governor W. C, Dradley
delegates to tho Philadelphia convention
by neclamatlon.
Gcorgo Denny of Lexington and W. A.
Gaines, colored, wero elected delegates on
the second ballot. Ed Parker and Marma
duko Dorden were elected presidential elec
tors and after the convention named four
alternates, It adjourned.
While former Governor Dradley was speak
ing, Governor Taylor sat behind him with h's
little dnughter on his knee nnd as Dradley
referred pathetically to tho criticisms nadc
on Taylor, the latter burled his face In his
hands nnd wept bitterly.
Tho unusual spectaclo of democrats nd
dresslng a republican convention then fol
lowed, when Judgo W. M. Yost and Richard
W. Knott, editor of the Evening Pest of
Louisville, lifelong democrats and support
ers of ex-Governor Drown, wero called for
and spoke.
DIES SUDDENLY IN CHURCH
Deleunte In I'reahj terlnn Aaaenihly
Siieeumha tu Wliick nf lleurt
DlNeiiae.
ST. LOUIS, May 17.-Rov. William A. Ech
ols of Mlddlc3porl. O,, a commissioner to the
Presbyterian general assembly, representing
the Athens (O. i presbytery, dropped dead at
10:30 a. m. trday In the hall of tho Well
ington and f'ompton Avenuo Presbyterian
church. He ws seated In a pew at tho rear
of tho church when attacked with heart
disease. Three physicians, who wero sum
moned, did everything possible for th
stricken mlnlnter, but without avail. He
died In ten minutes. The remains wore taken
In charge by nn undertaker. The deceased
had arrived from home this morning and
was stopping at 'the Moier hotel. Roforo
coming to tho church he complained of being
111 and consulted a physician, who prescribed
for him.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Force. iat for Nebraska -
Bhoweis; Cooler; Variable Winds.
Teiniierntiire lit llninhn j cutcrilny I
llnnr. Di'K. Hour. Di'K.
n in ." I p. in n:i
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SYMPATHY STRIKE IS SOUGHT
St. I.iiiiU Street t'nr Striker I nnhle
In .Mnke Terms Auk tor (ien
ernl Wiilkmit.
ST. LOUIS. May 17. The culmination of
the prolonged struggle between the St.
1Mlls Transit company and Its miniature
army of employes is not yet In sight, not
withstanding the conferences held during tho
OllSt Week. Tnd.lV. tiki, lirereitlntr mint, v:ih
devoted to conferences, but no solution telid
1 Ing to end tho tight has been arrived nt.
I Shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon tho
union grievance committee nnd tho Transit
company ollUinla again met ami continued
in session two hours. The strikers' commit
i tee submitted a counter proposition to the
one handed them by the railroad otllclals
last night and whioh was rejected by the
j executive committee of the Railway Men's
j union at an early hour this morning.
Tho Transit officials nt this afternoon's
conference. In turn, rejected the counter
I proposition at its employes, the hitch rest
ing outlrely on a clause which calls for tho
eompleto reinstatement of nil the old men.
Th( railway officials flatly stated that under
no clrcuinstnnces would the men employed
by thorn to .mpersede the strikers ln dis
placed. After t4ic adjournment President
Whltakor of the Transit company stated that
his offer was final and that It lay altogether
with the men whether tho htrlko wns to
contlnuo or lo called off.
Tho grievance committer at once left for
the West End Coliseum, where the general
commlttro of tho strlkors' union and praotl-
I cally all tho employes were nssembleit ln
mass meeting.
Tho mass meeting at tho West End Coli
seum wns attended by 3,000 of tho striking
employes of the Transit system. After a
vigorous discussion of tho railway com
pany's proposition It was rejected by an
overwhelming vote. Resolutions were then
adopted stating In effect that the light now
on between tho Transit company and Its em
ployes Is ono for the existence of organized
labor in St. IoiiIh and calling upon all
trades unions nnd sympathizers with trades
unionism to suspend labor after the coming
Saturday.
Arhlt rntora In n Ilendlnek.
NEW YORK, May 17. It Is feared that
the arbitration committees of tho National
Metal Trades association and of tho Inter
national Association of Machinists, who havo
brcn ln session for nenrly a wcok, are
hopelessly deadlocked.
Much depends upon reaching an amicable
adjustment, especially to manufacturers and
machinists ln the west. Unless matters aro
adjusted tho country will witness ono of
the most serious disputes between capital
and labor that has bben seen.ln years. Un
J it n aetilen'i'nt la rea'-hed, not ou' will
strikes which " were temporarily declaro'i ort
pending arbitration bo renewed, but the
trotiblo will spread.
Kxtrn Police nt llnyliiii.
DAYTON. O., May 17. Extra police are
being added to tho force on account of tho
strlko of tho PeopIo'B Street Rullway com
pany's employes hero and two officers aro
being put on each car. No cars are running
on tho Wayne Avenue lino nnd thoso on tho
White line are far apart. A waiting station
In North Dayton was demolished last night.
Soveral motormen have been assaulted.
Men are being brought from Cincinnati by
tho company.
No Deelalon Yet Itenehed.
NEW YORK. May 17. After the mooting
today of tho arbitration committee of the
National Trades association and the Inter
national Association of Machinists It was
said no decision had been reached on tho
question of a general strlko throughout tho
country.
More l.ehleh Vnllc.v Striker.
RUFFALO, N. Y., May 17. Tho only do
volopment In tho strlko situation today w- s
tho going out of about eighty yard laborers
on the Lehigh Valley.
DONNELLY HOLDS BACK COUNT
t.lvea Out I'lmirt-N I'n vornlile 1o III
flume nnd Suppreaaea Others
lie Una lleeelved.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 17. Returns
from the election for the offices of tho Inter
national Typographical union nre coming In
very slowly and ten locals havo sent ln the
official count. Tho officlnl count will not bo
mnde until Juno fl. although tho result of
the race for president of the organization
may bo known before that time.
President Donnelly has received by wiro
the voto In home of tbo larger cities, but
will not give It out, and says the figures
ho has received arc of no value In de
termining tho final. Munelo gave Donnelly
33 and Lynch 6; Sioux City, Donnelly 17 and
Lynch 12; Lincoln, Neb., Donnelly 30.
Lynch 12. The New York returns had not
come In, as tbo count thero was not com
pleted until this afternoon.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 17. From returns
received from numerous unions tho Lynch
campaign committee in this city claims the
election of James M. Lynch of Sracuso as
president of the International Tjpographlcal
union by a plurality of nbout 2.:iuu.
FIRE LOSSES AT WEBSTER
Total Illumine I'lneed ut 1'ifly Thou
sand Dnllnra I'our tirnln llle
vntorN lleit rnyed,
WEDSTER. S. D.. May 17. The loss by
tonight's flro Is placed nt $.10,000. The
Standard Oil sheds, tho Farmers' & Mer
chants', Dagley-Strong company's and Em
pirn elevnturs wero totally destrojed. It is
estimated that tho elevatois 'held in tho
neighborhood of 50,000 bushels of wheat.
Thn Milwaukee station caught fire twice,
but each time It was put out before It gained
any headway, ln ihelr eagerness to savo
their property several persons were moro
or lej-s injured.
KIIIh lli-nther In I'IkIiI Oter I'nrila,
SEATTLE, Wash May 17 - A speelal to
the Times from Everett. Wash., say that
E. (' Morrison shot nnd killed his brother,
M. It. MorrUon nt their home, two miles
east of Edmonds, on Wednesday, The trou
ble grew out of a game of curds The men
began a pistol duel at Ho feet. Eight shots
were tired, only one of which took effuet.
Tho murderer Is under arrest .
Siimiiulliu Iteinii'led YVreoked.
PHILADELPHIA. Mny 17.-A dispatch to
thn Maritime Exchange In this It y states
that tho Hrltlsh wtoimer finmunilia wan
wrecked early today near Port HuHtInx,
N. H.. but that Its crow was safely landed.
Thn steamer was commanded hy Captain
Simmons and was nf t.SII tnnx hiitden. It
wa iiuund fiom this city for -Mlramlchl,
N. IS,
FINDS A FENIAN PLOT
Oanadian Detectiva Traces Movement of
Welland Omal Oenipiraton,
PLOT WAS HATCHED IN NEW YORK CITY
Web of Evidence is Wonnd About the Three
PrisaDore.
MEMBERS OF LODGE OF THE CLAN-NA-GAEL
Money Fninlshtd the Conspirators for All
Expensei of tbo Trip.
OTHER OUTRAGES WERE TO HAVE FOLLOWED
Art-rut of Nnlln, VnWti nnd llnllmnn
Mpprd the l-'lrxl of n Serlea
(if IJj llllllllf lltK
Tint.
RUFFALO, N. Y., May 17.-The Express
tomorrow will say:
John W. Murray, a Canadian detective,
has run down the past of John Nolln and
John Walsh, two of tho three alleged
Thorold dynamiters, and Ims woven a web
of evidence so that It seems to bind Karl
Dallman, the third prisoner, tightly to the
other two.
According to Murray the blowing up of
Lock 21 on the Welland canal was a Fenian
plot, carried out through membeis of a lodgo
of tho Clan-na-Gael. Dallman is regarded
as the chief of tho three prisoners. The de
tective declare he gave the dynamite, tho
fuses nnd tho teliMcopcs to the other pris
oners. Murray sas that nbout April 10 he re
ceived a communication from an organiza
tion known as the "Napper Tandy," a Clan-nn-Gnel
club. The detective says It met at
Tom Mnoro's hall, corner of Third nveiiiie
nnd Sixteenth street. New- York. Walsh und
Nolln, he says, both were tncmbeis of tbo
Nuppor Tandy. Nolln's Instructions, Bent
him In Richmond, wcro for him to go lo
Washington, get John Walsh and go to Phil
adelphia, where the two were to meet n
third man who would give them further In
structions as to what to do.
Nolln and Walsh went to Philadelphia ns
directed, whero they met n stranger who
handed Nolln $100 und gave him two rail
road tickets to Ruffalo. Tho stranger ar
ranged with Nolln and Walsh thnt they
should Icuve the samo night nnd on arrival
ut Ruffalo go to tho Stafford House, where
they wero to register as John Smith of Now
York and Thomas Moore of Washington nnd
be met by n man who would provo his Iden
tity. Diillmiiu t.lvea Them l) iiHinlte.
Tho men did as directed, reaching Ruffalo
on Sunday, April 15, and shortly nfter reach
ing their room were Joined by the third
man who Introduced himself ns Dallman
and nfterward registered at the namo hotel
ns Dallman, .
After brcakfiiH thai following mornlnf
I iill,.,.in ? u N'ni jij-I Wnluli tvo ciiiuj
vas vallsc-s. In each there was a.bout olghl
IHiunds of dynamite, mixed to about the
consistency of dough. The fuso wns not
connected at tho time. Nolln, Dallman and
Walsh left Ruffalo together, taking a trolley
oar to Niagara Falls, ln thn afternoon
thoy took a Grand Trunk train ncros Sus
pension bridgn leaving It at Merrlton, go
ing thence to Thorold.
Inspector .Murray says Dallman showed
Nolln and Walsh tho spot to placo tho
dynamite. Walsh took the dynamlto Into
Canada.
At .1:15 on Friday afternoon, April 20, ho
carried one of the bags over and at 10 o'clock
Saturday he carried the other bag over.
Saturday night nfter the explosion Nnlln
anil Walsh wore to take the train for Duffn'o
and were given the money hy Dallman.
Asked where Dallman comes from Murray
sold: "For the present we aro credibly In
formed, but It Is not positive, that ho comes
from Mnssachusctls."
Tho first outrage was to have been fol
lowed hy a suL-ceislon of dynamiting
schemes.
DISCUSS THE RACE PROBLEM
Whlle nnd lllnek Kvprens
lovtN ut Southern t.'nn
v i-nl ton,
liielr
CHATTANOOGA, Tonn., May 17. Two of
tho most Important questions or tho South
ern Industrial convention wcro discussed
today the race problem and tho question
of compulsory arbitration. The free and
open discussion of the raeo problem was
lnauguratnd by this convention at Its first
meeting In HiintsvHIe, Ala., six months ugo
anil the Interest created was such hb to
produce, wide comment and a geneial demand
that the discussion along the same, line
should be continued at future meetings of
tho body. Speeches were made by loaders
of tho colored rate. Prof. W. II, Councill,
principal of tho Agricultural and Mechanical
collegp at Normal. Ala., and II. T. Keallng,
editor of tha Afro-Amorlcan Church Rcvlow
of Philadelphia, Pa. On Iho part of tha
whites tho Htiliject wan discussed by Dr.
W. T. Colo of Waco, Tex. Tho siihjoct of
compulsory arbitration was discussed. Able
papers were read by Hon. John W. Faxon,
assistant cashier of the First National bank
of this city; General John T. Wilder, pen
slon agent for tho Southern district, and
N. F. Thompson, secretary of the Southern
Industrial convention. General dlscu-nlon
followed.
Mrs. Duncan of Hie International boar I
of tho .Young Women's Chrlstlnn association
will address tho convention tonight on tbo
future of tho Industrial work of thnt board
ln connection with Its southern work.
ICE TRUST BROUGHT IN COURT
A r ii in en In llefure Attorney (Senernl
lu lleatruln Amerleuu l iiinpiiiiy
In Ni-m York.
ALDAN Y. N. Y., May 17. Attorney Oen
oral D.ivlcs today listened to arguments of
counsel on the application of William R.
Hearst of New York City lo restrain tho
American Ice company from dolna; biulnos
In this state.
Tho proceedings nro taken under the, Ihwh
of IR'.iO, which say that no clock corporation
shall combine with nny other corporation or
person for tho unlawful restraint of trado
or for the creating of n monopoly. It is
charged that tho Ameilean Ice company has
combined with one Ice company after nn -other
In New York city until thn trado Is
iihsidutnly In lis hands and that It has thus
lOHtralnnd trado bemuse Its extraordinary
docking privileges provent nny othor cor
poration or piirson from engaging In thrf
liuslnnss nt n pri.tlt.
No decision was reached. Further briefs
and alllilavlki will be submitted during the
week,